Unfortunately, she telegraphs her punches: the new planet may astonish the characters, but it won't surprise the reader. She conveys a real sense of social threat the reader cares about the group's small victories over the mean streets. Hughes, a facile, experienced writer, knows how to keep a story moving. Using their individual and group skills, they start to conquer the new planet, ultimately meeting and intermarrying with other groups of colonists. Always, when injury threatens, the computer pulls them back-until the last time, when they discover that they have actually emigrated to another part of the galaxy. Suddenly, there comes an invitation to the Game: shared computer-induced experiences in a wild, virgin wilderness. Thrown together by a computer, they forge a fortress from an abandoned warehouse and learn to live with one another, avoiding the streets' drugs and hedonism. Lisse and her friends are bright, caring young people, but there are no jobs. The choice for high-school graduates in 2154: to live on the dole or become colonists.
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